2. Providing background information<\/strong> \u0097Peter is going to fill us in on the background.<\/em> \u0097<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. Stating purposes<\/strong> \u0097The purpose of the meeting is\u2026<\/em> \u0097<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. Inviting opinions<\/strong> \u0097Tanya, what\u2019s your position on this?<\/em> \u0097<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. Stating opinions<\/strong> \u0097In my opinion\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u0097\u00976. Interrupting<\/strong> \u0097Sorry Peter, but we seem to be sidetracked here.<\/em> \u0097<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7. Assigning follow-up tasks<\/strong> \u0097Peter, can I leave that with you?<\/em> \u0097Tanya, can you get back to me on that?<\/em> \u0097<\/p>\n\n\n\n 8. Closing the meeting<\/strong> \u0097Thanks everybody. I\u2019m afraid we\u2019ll have to stop it there.<\/em> \u0097<\/p>\n\n\n\n (For details refer to Powerpoint of lesson 11)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Take up a role before the group discussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (For details refer to Powerpoint of lesson 9)<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u0097(a)\u00a0 providing additional information \u0097<\/p>\n\n\n\n e.g. Shall we provide reusable items? I mean, we can provide refillable items like whiteboard markers and ball pens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u0097(b)\u00a0 stating possible benefits <\/p>\n\n\n\n e.g. I\u2019m wondering if we could provide refillable items such as whiteboard markers and ball pens.\u00a0 This would also reduce our operating costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (For details refer to Powerpoint of lesson 9)<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u0097Yes, sure. \u0097I think so. \u0097That\u2019s what I was going to say. \u0097You\u2019re right. \u0097I agree. \u0097Absolutely. \u0097That\u2019s a good idea\/point. \u0097I can\u2019t agree with you more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u0097That\u2019s an option but \u2026 \u0097It\u2019s a possibility but \u2026 \u0097Well, I see your point but \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u0097Yes, sure. \u0097I think so. \u0097That\u2019s what I was going to say. \u0097You\u2019re right. \u0097I agree. \u0097Absolutely. \u0097That\u2019s a good idea\/point. \u0097I can\u2019t agree with you more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (For details refer to Powerpoint of lesson 9)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Useful tips for your group discussions: 1. Choose a leader before the group discussions Useful expressions (for leaders) \u00971. Opening a meeting \u0097Okay, is everybody here? Let\u2019s start our meeting then. \u0097 2. Providing background information \u0097Peter is going to fill us in on the background. \u0097 3. Stating purposes \u0097The purpose of the meeting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-category"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/lingnan-lesson.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=911"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":923,"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911\/revisions\/923"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}2. Take up a role<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
3. Take up a tone when making suggestions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n4. Elaborate on your suggestions by:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
5. Respond to suggestions (1) (agreement<\/strong>)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
6. Respond to suggestions (2) (partial<\/strong> agreement<\/strong>)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
7. Respond to suggestions (3) (disagreement<\/strong>)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n